Bear McCreary

Bear McCreary
McCreary in 2019
Background information
Born (1979-02-17) February 17, 1979 (age 45)
Genres
OccupationComposer
Years active2004–present
LabelsLa La Land Records, Sparks & Shadows
Websitebearmccreary.com

Bear McCreary (born February 17, 1979) is an American composer of film, television, and video game scores. His work includes the scores of the television series Battlestar Galactica (2004), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Sails, Outlander, The Walking Dead, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Serpent Queen, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Halo, the video games Call of Duty: Vanguard, God of War and God of War Ragnarök, and the film Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

McCreary has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on season one of Outlander[1] and won one Emmy for the main title of Da Vinci's Demons.[2] He is also a two-time winner of both the British Academy Games Award for Music and D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition for his work on God of War and Ragnarök.[3]

  1. ^ "67th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Weisman, Jon. "LIVE From the Creative Arts Emmys". Variety. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  3. ^ "BAFTA Games Awards winners 2019". www.bafta.org. March 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2020.